Energy and Environment

President Biden is expected to issue a proclamation tomorrow that will reverse some of the Trump administration’s most damaging anti-conservation measures.

Major Big Oil trade group the American Petroleum Institute and its front group Energy Citizens dumped more than $2 million into lobbying efforts in the first two quarters of 2021.

Several leading U.S. businesses including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Disney are backing groups spending millions to fight the landmark climate bill wrapped into the reconciliation bill.

Watchdog analysis found Senator Barrasso took tens of thousands from the oil and gas industry prior to fighting Tracy Stone-Manning's BLM nomination.

Accountable.US again called on the Biden administration to publish its long-awaited public lands leasing report and act boldly to reform the program to the benefit of the American people, not wealthy oil and gas industry executives. 

Today is the deadline for oil giants BP, Exxon, Chevron, and Royal Dutch Shell to respond to the House Oversight Committee’s call to testify about the oil and gas industry’s ongoing efforts to misinform the public and impede progress on protecting the climate.

In the latest effort by Big Oil to misinform the public about the industry's effort to avoid paying its fair share while taking government handouts, American Petroleum Institute (API) President Mike Sommers misled the audience of a recent podcast.

Accountable.US released the following statement calling for the Senate’s swift confirmation of Daniel-Davis and for the Biden administration to move forward on reforming the public lands leasing program without further delay.

The House Oversight Committee called for major oil companies including BP, Exxon, Chevron, and Royal Dutch Shell to testify about Big Oil’s ongoing efforts to impede progress on protecting the climate.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has embarked on another lobbying blitz in an attempt to mislead turn the public into opposing Biden’s widely-popular Build Back Better plan.